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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they get Amara cleaned up?

2. What does Severo decide to do with the wolf child?

3. What does Palinor ask?

4. Why is Jaime worried?

5. What does Jaime question?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Severo tell the nuns about Amara's suffering?

2. How does the author ask the reader to think about the island? What would those thoughts reveal?

3. What do the nuns decide to do with Amara first and how do they do it?

4. What does Josefa observe about Amara especially when thinking about her younger brothers?

5. Why is Beneditx angry and what does he remember about his mother's anger?

6. What does Joffre tell Palinor about Dolca?

7. What does Palinor say about men who break the law?

8. Where does Palinor travel to find help and what does the prefect observe about him?

9. How is Amara doing now and what does she gain by it?

10. What happens when Dolca comes into Palinor's room on an errand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Amara's upbringing by wolves, however, seems to have altered her in ways that cannot be changed, such as her dislike for human touch and contact, things that humans have long assumed are necessary for healthy living. Like an animal, Amara only seems to live in the present and seems unaware of how the past and future affect her.

1. Do you think that animals live only in the present? Why or why not?

2. Do you think if a human child really was raised by the wolves that child would ever be able to learn all of the intricacies of being human? Why or why not?

3. What do you think would be the effect on human society if humans lived mostly for the present without looking back to the past or ahead to the future?

Essay Topic 2

This book raises questions of what is human and what is animal, as well as questions of sin and forgiveness. Amara, who the nuns are trying to reform from her wolf-like ways, is treated horribly when she is gang-raped by shepherds.

1. Would you call the behavior of the shepherds more human than Amara's behavior at the Abbey? Why or why not?

2. Discuss what you believe is the difference between a human and an animal. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. What do you think the nuns should do with Amara at this point in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The fiery scene that Palinor encounters, as he enters Ciudad, represents Palinor's fear of dying by fire, and his fate in hell that religious leaders believe awaits unrepentant heretics. Fire is the one connection that Palinor shares with his religious adversaries and the only thing Palinor seems to be afraid of.

1. Discuss the symbolism surrounding the scene when Palinor rides into Ciudad.

2. Discuss in detail what kind of man do you think Fra Murta is that he would have the people out on the streets with torches for Palinor to see.

3. Why is Palinor's fear of dying by fire reasonable?

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